Three extreme cakes will be unveiled at the gala opening of the Riversdale Arts Exhibition this weekend which will include a cake featuring all things Southern, including a gumboot, pies, a rugby ball and a bottle of Speight's.

Hokonui Heritage Research Centre curator Bruce Cavanagh has embarked on the huge task of collating the names of all the servicemen and women recorded on war memorials in Gore and other southern districts along with relevant details and putting them on to an electronic database.